Report: Michael Floyd blamed positive alcohol test on Kombucha tea

Ian Rapoport of NFL Media, conveying without comment or scrutiny leaks from Floyd’s lawyers and/or agents, reports that Floyd’s “flagged” alcohol test occurred between 5:30 and 6:30 a.m. ET on June 11, and that Floyd told court officials that the positive result arose from drinking Kombucha tea.

Kombucha tea is fermented and indeed contains alcohol. Which means that Floyd, who under the terms of his house arrest for extreme DUI can’t drink alcohol, shouldn’t have been drinking Kombucha tea.

In further proselytization of the Gospel According To Michael Floyd’s Lawyers And/Or Agents, Rapoport reporting/declaring that, as of June 11, “Michael Floyd had completed 91 of 96 days of home arrest. He is forbidden from alcohol. All tests were under the .08 legal limit.”

The fact that all tests were under the legal driving limit of 0.08 percent BAC is irrelevant. Floyd was prohibited from drinking any alcohol under the terms of his house arrest. He drank a form of alcohol, which means he violated the terms of his house arrest.

The fact that it happened on Day 91 of his house arrest doesn’t matter either, especially since Floyd presumably will continue to be on probation for some period of time after the conclusion of his house arrest, during which time he also will be banned from drinking alcohol.

Whether the court in Arizona gives him the benefit of the doubt is a separate issue. Prosecutors and judges routinely hear every size and shape of excuse from people who have violated the terms of house arrest or probation. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn’t; for Floyd, nothing leaked by his lawyers and/or agents will affect whether a prosecutor or a judge decides to give him another chance — or to put him behind bars for failing to stay on the right side of a clear, bright line for someone who was allowed to serve out a large portion of his extreme DUI sentence in the privacy and comfort of his own home.

The violation also potentially complicates Floyd’s still-looming suspension from the league office. He’ll miss at least two regular-season games because of the violation. Today’s developments could, in theory, push that number even higher — especially if the Kombucha defense is less effective than the Chewbacca defense.

I don’t get people who are “addicted” to alcohol or pot. I don’t care if u do them, but how do u lose ur job and or get jail time over your inability to put down the glass/joint? Is it that serious bro?

2since96 says:
Jun 16, 2017 2:44 PM
It was what was left in his system from the night before.

I don’t get people who are “addicted” to alcohol or pot. I don’t care if u do them, but how do u lose ur job and or get jail time over your inability to put down the glass/joint? Is it that serious bro?

Jun 16, 2017 2:44 PM
It was what was left in his system from the night before.

I don’t get people who are “addicted” to alcohol or pot. I don’t care if u do them, but how do u lose ur job and or get jail time over your inability to put down the glass/joint? Is it that serious bro?
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Clearly you don’t understand addiction. For addicts there will come a day when no power on earth will stop you from picking up. I don’t know if it’s truly a disease but it is a killer of families. But in the end, only the alcoholic can decide to pick up or not to pick up.

Your kids, your job, your wife or your life can be forfeit and if you’re an addict,it won’t matter when you get thirsty. If it was as easy as just stopping, don’t you think more would do so?

I am all for trying to improve yourself from your mistakes and with effort and a desire to pursue your dreams you choose to stay clean.

With that said I am all for players that put every ounce of energy and consistent time to improve and show coaches they deserve a spot on the 53. So Isaac Fruechte deserves his chance with the Vikings and not someone that feels they deserve it by their status from previous performances.

Kombucha typically is 0.5% ABV or less. For context, drinking a beer (~5% ABV) is the equivalent of chugging ten times that volume of Kombucha.

So, just ONE 12 oz. beer = 120 oz., or almost a gallon, of Kombucha. That’s a lot of liquid.

Plus, it’s doubtful that a guy who is listed at 6’3″, 225 is going to blow 0.055 after drinking a beer or two. He’d probably need to down several over a short time period. Which means multiple gallons of Kombucha, if this claim is to be believed.

superpatriotsfan says:
Jun 16, 2017 3:45 PM
Deny deny deny The Patriot Way
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Actually, when he was a Patriot he owned up to everything that happened. Now he is being dishonest since he left.
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But we all know where he learned to lie, cheat and steal. The Patriot Way.

There is ZERO chance of drinking one bottle of Booch will cause a person to fail an alcohol test. Kombucha has less than 0.001 up to 0.05 percent alcohol depending on how its brewed/fermented and an individual would need to drink gal’s of this stuff to be over the limit and at that point they would prob drop dead due to the low acidity or be sick as a dog.

The trace amounts of alcohol are similar to what you’d find in unpasteurized fruit juice. It’s idiots like this and Lindsay Lohan that causes the Kombucha manufactures like GT problems with their lies and misrepresentation of a healthy product!